Was he really dead or legally on that date?

[Rosinish]

Ros,

Such a pity that SP is down for maintenance i.e. I can't look up a possible Scottish birth for daughter Judith 

Annie

[rosball]

Yes Annie I see it's down until Monday when they launch the new enhanced website 

And judging by the recent NSW bdm and State Records "new improved"  websites it makes me very doubtful   

[Rosinish]

Ros,

Do you mean doubtful of the birth or the "new improved" site   

Annie

[rosball]

Doubtful of the "new improved" site Annie    The two NSW updates took much longer than predicted and the enhancements aren't obvious - NSW state records still hasn't fixed theirs properly.

[Rosinish]

Ros,

I searched Ancestry for a marriage for Judith in England to a "Charles" who was named as "son-in-law" but came up with nothing although I used all 3 surnames, MacGregor, Munro & Turnbull 

I just hope there's not a big change to SP as I hate change having been used to it for so long the way it is.......well "was"

Annie

[cando]

There was only one person with a given name Donald whose death was registered in NSW on 19 Apr 1937 and it's not your man.

Effie stated she was 23 when she married Donald in 1917.  He stated he was 22.

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=1961653&S=20&T=P

Cando

[majm]

Agree, and the NSW BDM website took ..... years to sort out most of its 'mess' and there's still much that needs to be sorted there.     

The NSW State Records seem to have 'abolished' their published Archives in Brief, and their Guides, and substituted much 'shorter' statements and linked these to their online indexes.

So there's a withdrawal from the public domain of quality information that for years was freely available for any member of the general public, and which may well cause 'new' researchers in future years to basically re-invent the wheel, unaware that those published guides (hundreds of pages in each) ever actually existed..

ADD
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/Pages/about-us/history-of-the-registry.aspx  (this has been restored to the website after much behind the scenes efforts.   It is much harder to find on their website now than on previous iterations, BUT  at least it is currently there.)

JM

   

 

   

[Rosinish]

Hmm...

Marriage gives maiden name Munro but father's surname Turnbull?

Divorce gives Effie Scott Macgregor (formerly Munro, nee
Turnbull)

Just the sort of errors which confuse us at times.

Annie

[cando]

You will see her status was Widow when she married Donald so she was correctly described at the time of her divorce as Effie Scott MACGREGOR formerly MUNRO nee TURNBULL.

Cando